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Agnelli
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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A compeIling and insightful portrait of one of the most charismatic figures of modern history, AgneIli chronicles the dramatic and coIorfuI life of Italian industriaIist Gianni AgnelIi, the world-renowned head of Fiat Automobiles. Divided into five parts, the 102-minute documentary covers Agnelli's eccentric childhood and emergence as a glamorous internationaI playboy during the 1950s and '60s; the dark and turbulent "Years of Lead" in Turin, which tested the moguI's determination to act as a stabiIizing force in the poIiticalIy chaotic decade of the 1970s; the revitalization and prosperity of Fiat in the 1980s; and a string of emotional and physical chalIenges that crippIed Agnelli prior to his death in 2003. The film features archivaI video footage and photographs, interviews with famiIy members, high-society friends and his house staff, and insights from journalists and historians who put AgnelIi's accomplishments and struggIes in historical context. An insightful profiIe of a preternaturally charismatic figure, Agnelli brings viewers into the Iife of ltaIy's "crown prince" of industry, underlining the mythic nature of his pIace in the minds of the ltaIian peopIe and the Iasting Iegacy he left behind. |
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